SOPHIE'S CHOICE AND SCHINDLER'S LIST

There's a certain breed of human

who can't watch movies about atrocities

done before his birth without tears

and sympathy, yet whose response

to today's suffering is mocking jokes.

Time, to him, elevates suffering;

at distance it achieves terrible grandeur,

at close-up he dismisses it

and blames the victims; 'Surely

they did something to deserve that!'

Yes, they did - they existed,
and that was enough.

04.11.2017